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The Ring Two (2005)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 180
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 144

Ring Two serves up horror cliches, and not even Hideo Nakata, the director of the movies from which this one is based, can save the movie from a dull screenplay full of absurdities.

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 27

Ring Two serves up horror cliches, and not even Hideo Nakata, the director of the movies from which this one is based, can save the movie from a dull screenplay full of absurdities.

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Movie Info

A terrifying legacy haunts a single mother in this sequel to the frightening box-office hit The Ring. Hoping to leave their terrifying experiences in Seattle behind them, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and her son, Aidan (David Dorfman), move to the small town of Astoria, OR, where Rachel takes a job writing for the local newspaper. When Rachel learns of an unexplained murder, which occurred after a teenager watched a strange videotape with his girlfriend, she suspects her past is following her and

PG-13, 1 hr. 51 min.

Drama, Horror

Ehren Kruger

Aug 23, 2005

$75.9M

Dreamworks Distribution LLC

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All Critics (189) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (145) | DVD (20)

It is like an exercise in cinema mechanics: Images, music, photography and mood conspire to create a sense of danger, even though at any given moment we cannot possibly explain the rules under which that danger might manifest itself.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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A perplexing compound of the silly and the glum.

April 9, 2005 Comment
New Yorker
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May not be a masterpiece, but it has its share of thoughtful little angles.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Salon.com
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Too many loose ends.

March 24, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
New York Observer
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The let's-travel-through-the-TV-screen sequence was better in Fat Albert.

March 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
Village Voice
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I thought the original had a nice evil chill to it, but this is an unnecessary second chapter that dumbs down all the main characters and is curiously lacking in quality scares.

March 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
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The Ring Two has a great deal of mood and there are some genuinely chilling moments, but weak characters sap it of all strength.

April 25, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

Scarier than the first, but not as interesting.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

"The Ring Two" is a horror movie with very few surprises and hit-or-miss moments of suspense that don't lead anywhere on a narrative or emotional level.

April 19, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Unfortunately, the screenplay by Ehren Kruger is littered with plot holes that reduce the story to a generic thriller formula.

July 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | Comment
Cinefantastique

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

Fracassa ao abandonar o interessante conceito da fita amaldiçoada para se concentrar numa trama boba envolvendo possessão. Ainda assim, é melhor que Ringu 2 - o que não é uma grande proeza.

April 3, 2006 Comment
Cinema em Cena

[It] inevitably lacks the unsettling mystery and the evolving unease of the first one. While there are still startling moments, there are no surprises.

February 7, 2006 Full Review Source: MTV | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Ring Two

Sequel to the superior remake of the Japanese horror flick Ringu (titled The Ring) in North America, this sequel is a painful, unimpressive mess of a horror film. The film was poorly constructed and had no memorable, memorable terrifying jolts that made the first film one of the best remakes in the genre. The Ring Two

January 18, 2012
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Not bad in the way it was made, just bad because you get a been-there-done-that feeling.

September 24, 2011
Eric Alvarez

Super Reviewer

    1. Rachel Keller: All you have to do is call my name, and I'll follow your voice.
    – Submitted by Javis C (4 months ago)
    1. Rachel Keller: I'm not your F***ING mommy!
    – Submitted by Virginia K (6 months ago)

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